Adam is a Development Producer and Script Editor working across Comedy and Drama. He is former Head of Digital for leading independent production company, Company Pictures, where he was responsible for the online presence of BAFTA-winning dramas Skins and Shameless. He is a Broadcast Hotshot and Broadcast Digital Award-nominated producer, award winning short filmmaker, music enthusiast and long-suffering, yet loyal Newcastle United fan.

Adam has long aspired to set up a regional-based Indie to produce TV, Film and Digital content across comedy, drama and documentary, with an emphasis on unearthing new regional voices and stories. He loves short-form content, and highly covets the short film BAFTA.

Starting as a BBC Production Management Assistant eight years ago, Eve made the move into editorial to become a Producer/Director. She has experience across a broad range of non-scripted specialist and popular factual productions for several BBC channels. She has proven adaptable and versatile, working across genres including Features, Arts, Daytime and Development. Her interests span social history, heritage, literature, and arts, always uncovering new stories to tell on-screen.

In the near future, Eve’s ambition is to become a series producer in the history and arts genres that she loves.

CJ is an antipodean who moved to London four years ago from Sydney, armed with just one large suitcase, a few dollars, and a hunger to fulfil her dream of working in television with Louis Theroux. She hasn’t yet worked with Louis, but she’s working in television for her dream company, VICE. The rest, she’s sure, will follow. Until then, she’s binge-watching documentaries and traveling the world in between.

Her ultimate career goal is to become a storyteller that explores the human condition and wins a BAFTA too! With her mate, Louis Theroux.

Jessica began her career as a journalist; her first job in TV came about when she pitched a story to Channel 4 News which sparked global news coverage. Jessica went on to work in news and current affairs, before moving into development two years ago. In that time, she’s had several original commissions, including two six-part history series for BBC One – Women at War: 100 Years of Service and Home Front Heroes – and a BBC Three documentary following the UK’s first trans pregnancy.

She would love to executive produce a documentary series that she’s developed – and eventually become a popular factual commissioner.

Lina started devouring British telly at a young age, and after finishing film school she made the leap across the pond to do an MA in Film and TV at the University of Bristol. She later moved to London and got started working in TV by translating for documentaries. After a stint in factual, she later made the switch to Drama and is currently working as a script editor. Lina also enjoys making short films.

Her ambition is to lead a scripted development team and produce at least one international/ bi-lingual co-production and one adaptation.

Having worked on series including Dragons’ Den, Child Genius and Desi Rascals, Sonia now takes on the challenge of coming up with successful formats and documentary series in development. While her passion for production remains, the opportunity to come up with the next generation of content in a changing TV world is what excites her the most.

Sonia dreams of one day developing and making a BAFTA-winning format.

Jo is passionate about nurturing new talent and providing business support to allow creatives to focus on what they do best. For the past six years, Jo has worked in commercial roles in the industry, always focusing on backing new talent and helping Indies to grow and maximise their potential.

This has seen her help set up the Indie Growth Fund at Channel 4 – a fund which provides growth funding for small and medium sized independent UK production companies, as well as a stint in venture capital to her role today at ITV Studios.

Jo’s ambition is to one day set up a production company with a leading creative talent, helping to shape and grow the next generation of British TV.

Raj started out on the BBC’s prestigious Production Trainee Scheme and has gone on to forge her career working on a variety of big brand, primetime, factual series.

Highlights include building homes for incredible families on ‘DIY SOS’; uncovering the stories of first generation migrants on ‘A Passage to Britain’; and getting all nostalgic on ‘Back In Time..’.

She is committed to making programmes with integrity, which inspire discussion and aim to directly impact the lives of contributors and viewers.

Raj’s ambition is to film around the world, eventually returning to Bristol, taking up the mantle of Series Producer and winning a few BAFTAs along the way.

Alice is a dedicated producer and aspiring director who has experience working on a wide range of productions, from arts and music programmes to observational documentaries. Her recent credits include directing VTs for Front Row Late (BBC Two) and helping develop Future Proof, a new presenter-led documentary series for C4. Alice recently made her own short documentary film which was commissioned at Sheffield Doc Fest and also managed to run the London Marathon this year!

Her ultimate career goal is to make an award winning feature documentary that is shown in cinemas worldwide.

Yasemin Rashit is a dynamic, passionate and accomplished documentary producer of high-end programming, from immersive observational films to presenter-led documentaries and dramas. Yasemin has a track record of sourcing outstanding characters, original stories and managing teams on local and international shoots, as has been proved by her work for the BBC series Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation to VICELAND’s States of Undress and C4’s Career Criminals. Strong editorially, Yasemin successfully negotiates access to difficult places and interviewees, then delivers powerful human interest stories with visual flair.

She also has a strong interest in the arts, is an applied theatre practitioner and has previously produced a play at the Edinburgh International Festival.

She aspires to make internationally acclaimed, feature-length human-interest films that are visually arresting and inspire people to think about the world and our place within it.

Thomas Popay is the Head of Development at Stellify Media, he first joined the company at its conception – developing Can’t Touch This (BBC1), In Solitary (Channel 5) and Space Truckers BBC NI) amongst others before going on to work for ITV Studios and Chalkboard TV. He re-joined Stellify to head up their Development team in early 2018.

Outside of Stellify Tom is on the committee for RTS Futures where he works to try to help bring more young talent into the industry and has produced panels on some of the nation’s best loved shows including Taskmaster and The Crown.

Thomas wants to create award-winning, genre-defining shows which lead the national conversation and help shape the future of the ever-shifting landscape of television.

Being a single Mum of two by the age of 19 doesn’t create many opportunities, but Sophie put herself through an English and Media degree, discovering editing along the way. Her route into TV was as unconventional as her upbringing, but her passion for storytelling and editing has provided the determination needed to stand out and forge a career as an up and coming documentary editor.

Sophie has always wanted to focus on cutting documentaries that are beautifully shot, impactful and emotional.

Sophie takes pride in her aptitude for negotiating access and working with sensitive contributors. She specialises in character-driven documentaries on provocative topics.

At VICE, she worked on the twice Emmy-nominated documentary series about LGBTQ rights, ‘Gaycation’, gaining unprecedented access to LGBTQ stories across the USA.

At Blast! Films, she worked on access and compliance for 999 What’s Your Emergency. She’s currently working on BBC2’s Generation Gifted, the landmark longitudinal series looking at social mobility through the eyes of teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sophie’s ambition is to establish herself as a filmmaker behind work with creative integrity and real social impact, bringing diverse untold stories to wider audiences.

Jacqueline Pepall is a writer/director for film and television. Her recent credits include the short film Wishin’ & Hopin’ (BFI Flare, *BAFTA qualifying), The Hotel Affair (London Short Film Festival, *BAFTA qualifying), and the comedy pilot Upstaged (CBC Canada; Best Pilot, LA Comedy Festival).

The UK Trade and Investment Commission recently selected Jacqueline for their ‘UK Talent Goes to Hollywood’ initiative. Her work celebrates new, underrepresented heroes. Originally from Canada, Jacquie led white water canoe trips before moving to the UK in 2006.

Jacqueline’s ambition is to direct high end TV, and to create, write, and direct her own TV series.

Lorraine specialises in prime-time observational documentary and fact-ent programmes. Starting out as a photographer and then working on feature docs before moving to TV, her experience spans both theatrical and broadcast projects. With a special interest in bold stories from marginalised voices, Lorraine’s credits include Channel 4’s Bride & Prejudice, BAFTA nominated series The Undateables, and VICE’s Hate Thy Neighbour.

Lorraine’s ambition is to be at the creative helm of big, powerful stories that draw in diverse audiences whilst still challenging viewers and inspiring debate.

Sophia devoured drama as a child, spending a lot of time wondering how to get paid to do her favourite things – reading, watching TV and making up stories – when she grew up.

After a decade in the industry working in commissioning, development and production across a variety of genres from Casualty to Kiss Me First she’s delighted to say…. Achievement unlocked!

Outside work, Sophia is a keen horse-rider and nurtures a passion for vintage fashion.

Sophia’s ambitions are to consistently develop and deliver high quality, thought-provoking drama, and to encourage a respectful, collaborative, diverse working culture whilst doing so.

Jita is an experienced and well-rounded digital producer, currently managing and growing the BBC Three YouTube channel. With a traineeship in Broadcast Journalism in television from the BBC she has second-to-none editorial judgement and extensive production management experience from the BBC, Sky and Red Bee Media. Combined with Creative Producer experience at Sky, Jita has end-to-end experience of developing, producing and taking digital content to market with distribution strategies across platforms.

Her ambition is to win a BAFTA for innovative short form digital content.

After working for many years on BBC Science shows (including Human Universe, Forces of Nature with Professor Brian Cox, The One Show and Stargazing Live) Alice’s first full length documentary as a Producer/Director was for National Geographic Channel’s One Strange Rock – a landmark series, hosted by Will Smith with Darren Aronofsky acting as EP. Her episode, ‘Home’ has been praised for its dazzling storytelling and visuals. She has directed complex sequences with diverse crews in challenging locations across the world, on land, underwater, and even in space.

She would like to continue working on innovative factual and specialist factual programming – whether in production or commissioning – pushing the content further by blurring boundaries between genres and exploring new formats to share the magical qualities of the natural world in new ways.

Though loving production work like reburying Richard III, once Amanda hit the big 4-0 she began pursuing her scriptwriting dream. Despite horrific stage fright, she started standup comedy to develop her comedic writing, then secured a CBeebies Writers Room residential. She’s since written twelve children’s programmes and is now branching into adult content (not that kind) with two television pilots and a short-form pilot. Amanda loves archery and hippie stuff like mindfulness. She is represented by Blake Friedmann.

Amanda’s career ambition is to be a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Oh, and to win a television and a film BAFTA for scripts. But mainly it’s the RuPaul thing.

Lisa was a brickie, barista, NHS Manager, film sales agent and wrestling ring announcer, before sensibly deciding to jack it all in to become a writer. She wrote a popular digital series, 3some, and after being contacted by many viewers to share their own experience of the issues in the show, became passionate about exploring contemporary life through her work. Lisa has gone on to be a writer on BBC’s EastEnders, and is currently developing a series of working class monologues with Jed Mercurio/Hat Trick Productions.

She wants to establish her own production company, working primarily with diverse voices, creatives and crew, and helping to bring new entrants into the industry.

Luke is a highly inventive Development Producer with a varied career spanning quiz, comedy-ent and fact-ent formats. Last year he created, and assistant produced C4’s BAFTA-nominated Old People’s Home for 4 year olds. He’s great at spotting stories, securing access to niche groups, whilst equally happy at dealing with high-level talent, quiz-show mechanics and making pun-based titles. A true creative, he has a passion for comedy, loves writing film scripts and playing guitar.

He would love to become a Head of Development, ultimately working as a commissioner, then winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Tash is a tenacious and determined Assistant Producer who has worked on some of the stand-out, award-winning documentary series of recent years, including Hospital (BBC2) and Ambulance (BBC1). From embedding with legal defence teams to filming with vulnerable adults, she is experienced gaining difficult access both with individuals and institutions and working in incredibly sensitive situations. Tash is attracted to projects that don’t shy away from complexity and is driven by a desire to tell extraordinary stories in new and interesting ways.

Julie began her career in BBC Online before joining BBC Scotland’s flagship drama River City as the Script Secretary. She progressed quickly, becoming a Script Editor after only a year, and has since script edited over twenty-four hours of prime-time television. Julie has also spent time working with the River City story department and is due to produce her first block at River City in the coming months.

Her ambition is to tell great stories, to develop award-winning drama, to be an esteemed Script and Story Producer.

Lucie has moved between development and production during four years at DSP.

Following a commissioner’s brief, Lucie came up with the programme idea for England’s Forgotten Queen, a BBC Four series about Lady Jane Grey. This unearthed new evidence on this ill-fated teenage Queen. Lucie was involved in the development, production and edit.

She is currently working on a new BBC Two series celebrating British industry.

Formally a member of National Youth Theatre and keen choreographer, Lucie is now part of a theatre group in London.

Her ambition is to develop a landmark returnable series.

Nick is a producer and production co-ordinator specialising in comedy. He has produced a number of shorts and sketches for BBC3, Comedy Central, Channel 4 Random Acts and Sky Arts, as well as a podcast for BBC Radio 1 and shows for Radio 4 Extra. He has worked as a co-ordinator for Tiger Aspect, Roughcut, Happy Tramp and BBC Studios. He also writes as part of comedy collective Gordon Gordon, whose first book was published by Penguin in 2017.

His career ambition is to run his own production company and continue to make comedy on bigger and better scales, in a variety of forms and for a variety of audiences.

Carly is the in-house Editor at Whisper Films, working across a multitude of projects, including broadcast television, branded entertainment, commercials, pitch films and showreels. She has worked on location as a craft editor at the Winter Paralympics in South Korea, Formula 1 in Bahrain and Singapore, NFL Super Bowl in Texas and Women’s Euro in the Netherlands. She is also a self-shooting camerawoman and loves photography and theatre.

One day she would love to cut the next big award-winning television drama, such as Downton Abbey or The Crown.

Whether she’s getting Joey Essex into the White House or convincing 150 young people to talk about their mental health live on BBC Three, Charlie is a producer who wears her heart on her sleeve. She co-hosts the DAS podcast, writes columns on politics and creates online video content about the issues she thinks aren’t getting enough attention. Charlie is where the highbrow meets the high street, she has two goals with her producing; make it thought-provoking, make it entertaining.

Charlie has her sights set on starting a production company, somewhere to create joyful, freeing content away from the male gaze that thus far has dominated the industry.

Working in the realm of news and current affairs for the likes of Channel 4 and the BBC, Toby combines the skills of journalism with those of a film and programme maker – looking at relevant stories and telling them in a new and different ways. He can shoot and edit, as well come to the table with ideas and editorial insight. When he’s not working Toby is a huge music fan, from R&B to Dance, Frank Ocean to Peggy Gou and most things in between.

In the future Toby wants to produce and direct films which have impact. Having those films win awards is important, but not as important as making sure that the work makes a difference and gives a voice to those that don’t have one.

Since entering in the industry Emmanuel has consistently worked on a number of hard-hitting and insightful documentaries, as well as taking advantage of the opportunities online platforms have created for independent filmmakers. Content Emmanuel has created for YouTube is wide-reaching and includes music videos, promos and social experiments. Often his work has been in collaboration with people from disadvantaged backgrounds; an approach that both equips those involved with opportunities whilst also encouraging a more authentic and diverse approach to the creative process as a whole.

Emmanuel would like to set up a production company that thrives on collaborating with up and coming talent from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Rosemary has over seven years’ experience in the TV industry, and has worked in both development and production within the entertainment and quiz sector. Her most recent credits include assistant producing on ITV’s The Chase and The Chase: Celebrity Specials. Outside of TV, she is a keen writer and enjoys attending a writers’ club. She is also a qualified Exercise to Music instructor and Indoor Cycling instructor, and enjoys teaching in her spare time.

Her ultimate career goal is to become a commissioner: someone who can spot and cultivate thought-provoking, engaging and fresh formats.